Download the Second Edition of Vaccination Guide

The official "National Immunization Program Vaccine Childhood Immunization Procedures and Instructions (Second Edition)" (also known as the Second Edition of the Vaccination Guidelines) is currently the only official free download channel is the official website of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (www.chinacdc.cn). After entering the official website and entering the complete file name in the search bar, you can find the original notice with the official logo. The attachment is a full version of the PDF with no watermark of about 1.2M. You can download it directly by clicking on it. No points, no need to jump to third-party sites, and no payment threshold.

I previously worked as an auxiliary worker at the vaccination post at a community health service center for 8 months. When the guidelines were first updated last year, the entire center required training for all employees. I went through many pitfalls when looking for resources, so I didn’t know much about this matter. Last week, a mother who brought her child for measles and mumps vaccination complained to me. She said that she spent 5 points on a certain library the day before to buy the so-called "Second Edition Guide Essence Edition", which also said that children should be vaccinated against leprosy at 8 months old. She was scared that we had given the wrong vaccination. After comparing it, she realized that it was a pirated copy of the contents of the first and second editions. The second edition had already replaced the leprosy vaccine with the mumps vaccine. This kind of pirated content is really deceiving.

In fact, not everyone needs to download the full version. I have contacted people who are divided into two groups: one group is professionals in disease control and pediatrics. They strongly recommend that parents save at least one copy of the original PDF, especially for children with allergies, congenital diseases or a history of epilepsy. The original version contains very detailed vaccination taboos for children with special health conditions, which situations can be vaccinated normally, which need to be postponed, and which are absolutely There are clear criteria for determining whether to vaccinate or not, which is much more reliable than various "popular science" on the Internet. On the other hand, many nurses at our grassroots level believe that if ordinary parents just want to know the timing of routine vaccinations, there is no need to download the full version of dozens of pages. The paper version of the vaccination schedule distributed for free by the community vaccination station is enough. There are too many professional terms in the full version. Ordinary people can't understand it and will easily become anxious about the text, which is unnecessary.

If you are sure you want to download the original version, don't blindly search for links on the Internet. When I was helping my colleagues to find it, I clicked on a third-party site that ranked in the top three search results. After clicking the download, three bundled software were automatically installed, and it took half an hour to delete them before cleaning them up. Just look for the official domain name of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you can't remember the domain name, just search for "Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention". The one with the official blue label is the one with the official blue label. Go in and search for the file name, and you can find it in 10 seconds.

Oh, by the way, there is another point that many people don’t know. Nowadays, many provinces will publish local supplementary versions of the second edition of the guideline based on local epidemic conditions. For example, Guangdong and Zhejiang have included the priority vaccination recommendations for EV71 hand, foot and mouth vaccine and influenza vaccine into the local version of the guidance. If you are in these provinces, you can also go to the official website of the provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention to search for the corresponding local version. The content will be more in line with actual local needs.

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion on the Internet about the adjustments to the second edition of the guidelines. Some people think that the deletion of many previous general vaccination taboos is a "relaxation of requirements" and irresponsible to children. Many pediatric clinicians also say that the previous taboo requirements are too strict, and many children who are fully eligible for vaccination are Being shut out actually increases the risk of infection. In fact, you can understand these controversies by reading the original guide. All adjustments have clear prerequisites and are not a one-size-fits-all "relaxation" at all. Compared with reading out-of-context interpretations online, reading the original guide yourself will make a much more accurate judgment.

If you are really too lazy to look for it yourself, just ask the nurse at the vaccination desk next time you take your child to get vaccinated. Our previous center specially printed out the QR code for the official download and posted it on the wall of the waiting area. Scan it and you can jump directly to the download, saving everyone the effort to find resources, and avoiding downloading pirated erroneous content.